Group Questions – Belong: Week 1

Getting to Know Me Questions:
*To you what is the most overrated “fast food” restaurant?

*What was your favorite game to play as a kid?

Into the Bible Questions:
*What’s something from the teaching that you learned, that stood out, interesting etc?

*We talked about the Church mantra/slogan, which is… “Live. Hope.” Did you know this
was a thing?

*When you hear it or have heard it, what comes to mind?

*We talked about the purpose of our Church which says “We exist to demonstrate the
Living Hope of Jesus to our community and to our world.”

READ: 1 Peter 1:3-4a
*How do you define “Hope”? How do you define “Hopeless”?

*Share a time where you felt each of these.

The 4 stages of faith/discipleship at Living Hope are…
1) Belong
2) Believe
3) Become
4) Behave

Pastor Kirby said ‘everyone has a desire to belong somewhere or with someone, and if
you say you don’t then it’s probably because you’re already accepted into it.’

*Do you have a story about a time you visited or attended a Church in which you felt
awkward/not welcome/scared etc? What about that experience made it that way?

*Do you have an experience (Church, business, place etc) in which you visited or went and
you felt “seen” or helped.

READ: Luke 19:1-10
*What sticks out to you as you read this story, either for the first time or again? (Maybe
read it again, in a different translation)

*Pastor Kirby said “We (Church People) expect people to act like Jesus when they don’t
know Jesus yet.”. In what ways do we (Church people) do this with guests who come?

Application Questions:
*Pastor Kirby asked what will people experience when they come to Living Hope
looking for the hope of God?

*How will you answer this? Think of your co-worker, friend, family member and they come
for the first time, what do you want them to experience?

*What are some practical things we (LH Church people) can do to show people they can
come and just belong? Share with Kirby and let’s see if we can’t make an even better
experience together!

*In what ways can I/you be a part of helping people to simply belong?

*How can we “Live Hope” to our community this week?